“I’d just say to aspiring journalists or writers—who I meet a lot of—do it now. Don’t wait for permission to make something that’s interesting or amusing to you. Just do it now. Don’t wait. Find a story idea, start making it, give yourself a deadline, show it to people who’ll give you notes to make it better. Don’t wait till you’re older, or in some better job than you have now. Don’t wait for anything. Don’t wait till some magical story idea drops into your lap. That’s not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it’ll show up. Begin now. Be a fucking soldier about it and be tough.”
-Ira Glass
The quote is from this Lifehacker piece. It is part of a series called “How I Work” which “asks heroes, experts, and flat-out productive people to share their shortcuts, workspaces, routines, and more.”
Reblogged this on The Krystol Meth(od) and commented:
I just had to share this. It was speaking to me. I think I say on behalf of all writers when I say, ” Amen!!”
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Thanks, Krystol! This quote really spoke to me, too.
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